Zeena Parkins
Zeena Parkins (born 1956) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist active in experimental, free improvised, contemporary classical, and avant-jazz music; she is known for having “reinvented the harp”. Parkins performs on standard harps, several custom electric harps, piano, and accordion. She is a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow and professor in the Music Department at Mills College.
Ikue Mori, Zeena Parkins and Fred Frith at Redcat Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 15, 2007. Presented by SASSAS (the Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound). Pictured: Zeena Parkins.
Phantom Orchard (Zeena Parkins, Ikue Mori & Steve Noble) live @ Cafe Oto, 9th September 2014
Ikue Mori, Zeena Parkins and Fred Frith at Redcat Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, Sept. 15, 2007. Presented by SASSAS (the Society for the Activation of Social Space through Art and Sound). L to R: Zeena Parkins, Fred Frith, Ikue Mori.
Zeena Parkins-Electric Harp
